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A. F. E. Hoernle— Gold Coins from Jalalabad. [Apeie, 
I)r. Hoeenxe exhibited facsimiles of three inscriptions and a 
statuette sent by Mr. Eivett-Carnac, and read a note by Dr. E. Mitra 
on the same. The inscriptions are incomplete and of not much value. 
They are intended for Sanskrit, but both the language and orthography 
are corrupt. The first, of seven lines, is from Bhojpur, near Fatehgurh. 
It is now built into a wall, face inwards ; but this is not its original place ; 
for it was put up to record the making of the approaches to a bridge, in 
some locality not named. According to the record, this was done during 
the reign of Sultan Sikandar, son of Behlal Lodi, by one Buddhana, son of 
Bajbal Euradi, of the race of Bahlim. It also mentions one, Khan Dag- 
dan. The names cannot be identified. The date is Samvat 1518 (A. D. 
1491). The second, of two lines, in Kutila characters, partly illegible, 
contains the names Vdsava Ddmuda/ca ("for Damodctra ?). It is from a stone 
at Kanauj, apparently the top of a pillar ; without date. The third, from the 
remains of a sandstone figure, containing only ten Sanskrit letters and a 
monogram, is illegible. Date Samvat 1580 (A. D. 1523). The statuette is 
a small black sitting figure. The pose according to Dr. Mitra is that of 
Buddha in ecstacy, and is well known. Mr. Eivett-Carnac takes it to be a 
Jain figure. The symbol of the hooded snake engraved on the base, and 
the black colour of the figure, perhaps, indicate it to represent Parsvanatha. 
There is an inscription in modern Nagari all round the base, of which, 
however, only the date Samvat 1548 (A. D. 1491), the 6th of the waxing 
moon in the month of Yaisakha, and the words pranamati sadgurum, i. e., 
“ he salutes the true guru” can be made out. 
Dr. IIoeenxe read the following description of the gold coins found 
by Mr. W. Simpson in the Ahin Posh Tope at Jalalabad, exhibited at the 
last meeting. 
There are altogether 20 coins, two (Nos. IX and XIII) contained in a 
small gold reliquary, the other 18 loose. They are all of gold, of small size, 
about f inch wide, and about 2 drams in weight. They are of two different 
classes, 3 are Eoman, the other 17 Indo-scythian. The latter are of three 
different reigns, of Kadphises, Kanerki and Hverki. See Plates II and III.* 
I. Indo-scythian Coins. 
A. Coins of Kadphises. 
There are altogether ten of these ; they are of two sorts ; (1) such as 
bear the bust of king Kadphises on the obverse, and a standing human 
figure on the reverse ; (2) such as have the same obverse as the former, but 
on the reverse bear a human figure standing by the side of a standing bull. 
(1.) These again are of two kinds, in some (<e) the head of the bust 
is turned to the left; in the others (5) it is turned to the right. 
* It has been decided to have these plates produced in England by the Autotype 
photo-mechanical process, as being far superior to lithography. Some delay will 
therefore arise before they can be issued,—E d. 
